Box Score SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Cal State Fullerton softball dropped the series' final game to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 3-2, at the Campus Diamond on Sunday. The Titans are 29-15 overall and lead the conference with a 15-3 record. 

UC Santa Barbara put together back-to-back hits off Haley Rainey in the first inning before scoring on a ground out to first base for a 1-0 lead over the Titans. Rainey got out of the inning with a swinging strikeout, her 14th overall against the Gauchos. 

Ava Arce (1-for-3) led off the second inning with a four-pitch walk, and Peyton Toto reached on a fielding error after bunting to the pitcher. Colby McClinton (1-for-2, R) advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt to the first baseman before Candace Yingling smacked a ball through the legs of the third baseman to tie the game at 1-1. 

The Titans took a 2-1 lead over the Gauchos in the fourth inning as Bailey Wallace drove in a run with a two-out, four-pitch walk. UCSB quickly tied the game and retook a 3-2 lead with two runs off two base knocks to center field.

Haley Rainey pitched all six innings for the Titans, allowing three runs off six hits. Rainey walked one batter and struck out five.

The Titans are set to host their second-to-last home series against Cal Poly on Saturday and Sunday. The series opens with a doubleheader on Saturday at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. before closing on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. 

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